Rhan'ka's Escape Plan Toy Spotlight - Drop Combat & Mythic+ Skips

A new toy was added in Patch 8.1 that is very similar to the Salyin Battle Banner from MoP which allows players to drop combat and become untargetable similar to a Night Elf's Shadowmeld. This toy can be used in Mythic+, allowing players to use this toy instead of deathrunning or using Invisibility Potions. \r\rUpdate: This Toy has now also been hotfixed to not work in Mythic+ Dungeons and Raids. It still functions the same in the open world.\r\r\r\rMythic+ Skips\r\rBecause this toy drops combat, it is very useful not just in the open world, but also in Mythic+! Before, there were only a few ways to skip past mobs in Mythic+;\rDeathrun and use a Battle Rez on someone at the end to resurrect the group - Costs a Battle Rez.\rInvisibility Potion - Puts potions on cooldown for 10 minutes and only if mobs do not have True Sight.\rShroud of Concealment - Only if mobs do not have True Sight.\r\rFor players who are not Night Elves with Shadowmeld, an additional method of skipping past dangerous or annoying mobs in dungeons is possible. Jdotb talks about the potency of Shadowmeld in Mythic+ in Q&A #12.\r\rFor example, the Bridge Elemental in Shrine of the Storm and Matrons in Underrot are dangerous mobs with Truesight. Without the toy, you'd either have to pull the mobs or deathrun past them. Now, you can simply run past all the mobs and use Rhan'ka's Escape Plan, dropping all combat and avoid using a Battle Rez. You can see an example with Underrot below or in a larger player on Gfycat.\r\r<iframe src="https:\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/3kBNuGca7dAvNLqbuE" width="480" height="270" frameBorder="0" class="giphy-embed" allowFullScreen><\/iframe><p><a href="https:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/3kBNuGca7dAvNLqbuE">via GIPHY<\/a><\/p>\r\rOpen World\r\rIf you're not into Mythic+, this toy can also be used in the Open World! If you pull too many mobs or are stuck in combat, you can use this toy to get out of combat! If you're getting targeted in War Mode PvP, you can use this toy to make yourself untargetable, though DoTs will still tick on you. \r\rBe careful though, as once you hop out of the vehicle, you can be targeted again.\r\rLocation of Toy\r\rRhan'ka's Escape Plan can be bought from Rhan'ka in Voldun for 85 gold on any Horde character that has completed the Meet the Goldtusk Gang quest chain in Vol'dun.\r\r\r\rOnce you buy the toy, it can be used on any character!\r\rHow Does It Work?\r\rTo use Rhan'ka's Escape Plan, click on the button which will give you a targeting reticule. Click on the ground next to you, and you'll place a pot with bananas and automatically jump inside. This will immediately drop combat with any mobs that you are in combat with and preventing any new spells from hitting you. However, DoTs will continue to tick while you are inside the pot. \r\r\r\rTo leave the pot, you'll need to click the standard Leave Vehicle Arrow on your UI. Rhan'ka's Escape Plan has a cooldown of 15 minutes.\r\rSimilarities to Salyin Battle Banner\r\rThis toy is very similar to the Salyin Battle Banner from MoP, which also let you drop combat against mobs. Both toys initially worked in the Open World, dungeons and raids but after its release, Salyin Battle Banner was hotfixed so it could not be used in raids to prevent exploits. At the beginning of Legion, Salyin Battle Banner had a Pandaria restriction added, restricting its use.\r\rIf the Rhan'ka's Escape Plan follows the same path as Salyin Battle Banner, we will probably see this toy be disabled for raids but it might stick around for dungeons up until the next expansion. \r\r

Comments

Comment by funckle1

on 2019-01-02T14:08:51-06:00

I'm kind of shocked at how no one was talking about a toy that makes the game fundamentally less frustrating on ALL characters and is hugely useful in M+ to boot. Oh well - I'll be glad to have it now at least

Comment by thebdc

on 2019-01-02T14:08:54-06:00

Mythic+ hotfix incoming in 3... 2... 1...

Comment by Dualwielder

on 2019-01-02T14:09:30-06:00

Im bracing myself for the people saying this is Horde bias. And then people saying that this is nothing, pointing at something else as Alliance bias.\r\rOn another note, I really don't get when something is a toy and when it isn't.

Comment by EdwardNigma

on 2019-01-02T14:12:09-06:00

Just wish there was an alliance alternative available.

Comment by elevatroll

on 2019-01-02T14:14:38-06:00

Hahaha this is so funny! I am about the quit the game because of this balance issues, i get it, diffrence races have diffrent racials, horde side is strong especially PvEwise, but what is this? Like what the hell? One of the few useful racials of alliance can be obtainable through 1 questline and "ALL" horde races can use it? Is this kind of joke? Im sick of blizzard.

Comment by frostyfire14

on 2019-01-02T14:18:36-06:00

Yea, this will be fixed. Don't get your hopes up.

Comment by IceWolfDK

on 2019-01-02T14:24:11-06:00

Hahaha this is so funny! I am about the quit the game because of this balance issues, i get it, diffrence races have diffrent racials, horde side is strong especially PvEwise, but what is this? Like what the hell? One of the few useful racials of alliance can be obtainable through 1 questline and "ALL" horde races can use it? Is this kind of joke? Im sick of blizzard.\r\rDont be silly, it will likely be hotfixed to be unusuable in raids. And it has a much larger cd than shadowmeld.

Comment by ZodiarccWoW

on 2019-01-02T14:25:38-06:00

Hahaha this is so funny! I am about the quit the game because of this balance issues, i get it, diffrence races have diffrent racials, horde side is strong especially PvEwise, but what is this? Like what the hell? One of the few useful racials of alliance can be obtainable through 1 questline and "ALL" horde races can use it? Is this kind of joke? Im sick of blizzard.\r\rMimimimi. If you leave because of this then bye. No one will miss you. You have Shadowmeld on way shorter CD and you had the strongest PVP Racial for a Decade..so be quiet. No one cares about this kind of skip, will be fixed anyways

Comment by m0f0

on 2019-01-02T14:26:03-06:00

Laughing at the Alliance players who are foaming at the mouth in the comments here, since they're clearly so triggered that they can't even read the article fully, especially the part where it says "Once you buy the toy, it can be used on any character!"

Comment by sinangelus

on 2019-01-02T14:28:43-06:00

Hahaha this is so funny! I am about the quit the game because of this balance issues, i get it, diffrence races have diffrent racials, horde side is strong especially PvEwise, but what is this? Like what the hell? One of the few useful racials of alliance can be obtainable through 1 questline and "ALL" horde races can use it? Is this kind of joke? Im sick of blizzard. Yeah if only we could've bought a toy in Legion that gave Alliance arcane torrent effect, even with 15 min cd I'd take it. \r\rP.S. I'm pretty sure if teams start using this on MDI it will get fixed like fruit basket gear swap cheese in WOD \/ HFC. Otherwise who knows if Blizzard cares when their "e-sports" aren't on the line.

Comment by Redron

on 2019-01-02T14:28:44-06:00

Why all fun is only for horde? Where's Alliance version?

Comment by Toupyga

on 2019-01-02T14:29:25-06:00

Hahaha this is so funny! I am about the quit the game because of this balance issues, i get it, diffrence races have diffrent racials, horde side is strong especially PvEwise, but what is this? Like what the hell? One of the few useful racials of alliance can be obtainable through 1 questline and "ALL" horde races can use it? Is this kind of joke? Im sick of blizzard.\r\rIm kinda lost. Is this funny or are you sick because of this? \rIf things like this makes you quit the game I think this is a good thing to do.

Comment by bluesolei

on 2019-01-02T14:29:39-06:00

can guarantee it'll get nerfed

Comment by runicpower

on 2019-01-02T14:30:22-06:00

hmm another horde only item this xpac \u2026 how am I not supprised \u2026just let me faction change my 30 toons to horde real quick brb \u2026 so I can actually get the collectables they are putting in the game this xpac \u2026 now we are up to 3 toys and a mount horde only at this point \u2026 while ally have \u2026 NOTHING \u2026 isn't that cool and im probly missing stuff too that's just offhand what I could come up with

Comment by sinangelus

on 2019-01-02T14:31:57-06:00

strongest PVP Racial for a Decade. Someone forgot Humans didn't always have the "pvp trinket" racial, for the first 6 years of wow they had a stealth detection racial that was basically a weaker version of demon hunter's spectral sight (DH ability guarantees to see through stealth, Human racial only increased detection didn't guarantee it).

Comment by elevatroll

on 2019-01-02T14:35:39-06:00

Hahaha this is so funny! I am about the quit the game because of this balance issues, i get it, diffrence races have diffrent racials, horde side is strong especially PvEwise, but what is this? Like what the hell? One of the few useful racials of alliance can be obtainable through 1 questline and "ALL" horde races can use it? Is this kind of joke? Im sick of blizzard.\r\rIm kinda lost. Is this funny or are you sick because of this? \rIf things like this makes you quit the game I think this is a good thing to do.\r\rCant get its just sarcasm?

Comment by SinisterKnight

on 2019-01-02T14:35:46-06:00

Hahaha this is so funny! I am about the quit the game because of this balance issues, i get it, diffrence races have diffrent racials, horde side is strong especially PvEwise, but what is this? Like what the hell? One of the few useful racials of alliance can be obtainable through 1 questline and "ALL" horde races can use it? Is this kind of joke? Im sick of blizzard.\r\rSee ya. Don't need your toxicity, don't need your crying about Blizzard. Go play Tera.

Comment by ArasStukov

on 2019-01-02T14:39:20-06:00

Laughing at the Alliance players who are foaming at the mouth in the comments here, since they're clearly so triggered that they can't even read the article fully, especially the part where it says "Once you buy the toy, it can be used on any character!"\r\rGood thing that I have a Horde Character sitting at 120, just to buy this one toy. Wait. I don't.\rSo I'd have to level a Horde character to 120 (or buy a lvl boost, but I don't think anyone would buy a boost to buy a toy) just to be able to buy this toy.

Comment by elevatroll

on 2019-01-02T14:40:37-06:00

Hahaha this is so funny! I am about the quit the game because of this balance issues, i get it, diffrence races have diffrent racials, horde side is strong especially PvEwise, but what is this? Like what the hell? One of the few useful racials of alliance can be obtainable through 1 questline and "ALL" horde races can use it? Is this kind of joke? Im sick of blizzard.